'Can't do that': Ricky Ponting rips into 'terrible' Aussie dismissal

Marcus Harris is under fire after a soft dismissal on the opening morning of the fourth Test between Australia and India.

India reduced Australia to 2-17 in the first session, removing Harris (5) and his opening partner David Warner (1) early.

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Harris was on five when he gifted Shardul Thakur his maiden Test wicket, chipping an innocuous delivery off his pads straight to the fielder at square leg.

After 491 days out of the Test side it certainly wasn’t the way Harris would have wanted to be dismissed, and a number of Aussie cricket greats were less than impressed.

Speaking in commentary for Channel 7, Ricky Ponting said Harris’ shot wasn’t of Test standard.

“You can’t be getting out like that in Test cricket,” he said.

On Fox Sports, Mark Waugh described the dismissal as “soft”, while Shane Warne said: “He'll be disappointed with that, should have done better.”

ABC Grandstand commentator Zane Bojack took to Twitter, writing: “Terrible shot by Harris.”

While former Test opener Matthew Hayden said Harris should have been looking to play straighter.

“To me the Gabba is all about playing straight. The longer that you play straight, the more often you're going to be at the wicket,” he said on Channel 7.

“A lot of players that come up here and make mistakes often think about (square of the wicket) too early.”

India forced into four changes for fourth Test

Australia skipper Tim Paine won his fourth toss of the series and opted to bat at the Gabba, where a luckless India have been forced to make four changes for the high-stakes Test.

The four-Test series is locked at 1-1, meaning the winner of the Test in Brisbane will be rewarded with the Border-Gavaskar trophy.

“Very good toss to win,” Paine said.

“It will be a pretty good batting wicket for the first few days.”

The hosts named their XI on match eve, confirming the only change would be Harris replacing injured opener Will Pucovski.

Fast bowler Thangarasu Natarajan and off-spinning allrounder Washington Sundar are debuting for India.

Paceman Thakur, whose only Test came in 2018, and batsman Mayank Agarwal, who is nursing a hand injury, have been recalled.

Spearhead Jasprit Bumrah (abdominal) and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin (back) were both unable to prove their fitness for the series finale.

It means Mohammed Siraj, who only made his debut at the MCG, will lead an incredibly inexperienced pace attack.

The absence of Bumrah and Ashwin, who was a leading contender for man-of-the-series honours and dug in with the bat to secure a draw at the SCG and set up a winner-takes-all Test at the Gabba, leaves a major void for the tourists.

“There was no other option. In the end it’s all about opportunity for all those guys playing,” stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane said of making so many changes.

Ravindra Jadeja (thumb) and Hanuma Vihari (hamstring) were also enforced omissions.

It has been an injury-cursed series for India.

The visitors are also unable to call upon Virat Kohli (paternity leave), Mohammed Shami (arm), Umesh Yadav (calf), Ishant Sharma (side), Bhuvneshwar Kumar (thigh) and KL Rahul (wrist).

Agarwal, Rishabh Pant (arm) and Cheteshwar Pujara (finger) are all pushing through the pain barrier in Brisbane.

with AAP

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